Drawer-guide



(No Model.)

D. O. GLAPP.

DRAWER GUIDE.

No. 416,030. Patented Nov. 26, 1889.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

DVIGHT C. CLAPP, OF OIVOSSO, MICHIGAN.

DRAWER-GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,030, dated November 26, 188E.

Application filed July 25, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DWIGHT O. CLAPP, of ()wosso, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Drawer-Guides, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved drawer-guide. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of a bureau, illustrating the application of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of my improved drawer-guide. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same on line as x in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the yielding guide strip or cushion removed from the fixed portion of the guide into which it is inserted.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to drawer-guides for bureaus, chiffoniers, desks, and similar articles of furniture in which drawers are used; and it consists in certain improvements upon the drawer-guide described and claimed in my Letters Patent No. 387,760, dated April 24, 1888, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the frame or casing of a bureau to which my improved drawer-guides have been applied.

B denotes one of the drawers, and D the drawer-guide at one end of the drawer. The bar D is recessed longitudinally on the side facing the side I) of the drawer, so as to form a dovetailed recess E, into which is inserted a bar or strip F, of wood or other suitable materiahalso dovetailed to fit loosely in the iongitudinal recess E, so as to play in said reeess, but yet incapable of being forced entirely out of said recess except by being moved longitudinally.

Into the recess back of the dovetailed strip Serial No. 318,631. (No model.)

F are placed two or more springs, which may be of rubber, coiled wire, or other material, although I prefer to use steel springs of the form shown more clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings-1 e., flat springs G, made of steel of suitable width and temper, bent to form an arch or bulge g, which bears against the rear side of the strip. These springs maybe placed loosely in the recess, and do not require fastening, as their own tension will keep them in place after the strip F has been inserted.

H is the slide on which the drawer runs.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation of my improved drawer-guide will be readily understood. By its use it will be seen that the drawers will at all times beheld firmly and without play between the guides, as the spring-cushioned strips will force them against the guides at the opposite end, so that the drawers will always fit their respective recesses and yet work smoothly forward and back without danger of binding. It will also be seen that the yielding strip or cushion is prevented from slipping out of its recess by its dovetailed shape in connection with the dovetail of the recess.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A drawer-guide consisting of a bar D, having a recess continuously dovetailed longitudinally along the bar, a strip F, dovetailed in cross-section along its length, and a spring G, interposed between the bar and strip,substantially as described.

DIVIGHT O. CLAPP. 

